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D.'F. OHLWINE & J. H. ALEXANDER.

OIL CAN HOLDER.

No. 346,494. Patented Aug. 3, 1886.

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NlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID E. OHLXVINE AND JAMES H. ALEXANDER, OF KENDALLVILLE, IND.

OIL-CAN HOLDER.

fiPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,494, datedAugust3, 1886.

Application filed January 22, 1880. Serial No. 159,428. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, DAVID E. OHLwINE and JAMES H. ALEXANDER, citizensof the United States, residing at Kendallville, in the county of Nobleand State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement inOil-(Jan Holders, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to an improvement in oil-can holders; and itconsists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the holder,that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointedout in the claims.

111 the drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation of our invention. Fig. 2is a top plan view of the same.

A represents a wooden base or bracket, which is preferably made in theshape shown, and is provided with openings B, through which screws maybe passed to secure it to any desired object or maehinesuch as athrasher, mower, grain-drill, or a vehicle.

0 represents the holder, which is formed of a single piece of wire. Thewire, which may be either of brass, steel, or other resilient material,is first bent in the center to form an eye, a,and then twisted or coiledtogether fora short distance to form a standard, I). The eye a is bentat right angles to the standard, and a screwis passed through the eye orcoil to seeure the standard to the base. At the upper end of thestandard the ends of the wire are bent at right angles, as at c, anddiverge from the standard, and are curved to form the upper spring-arms,d, which are curved to approach each other near their outer ends, as ate, and from thence diverge outwardly, as at 40 f. Semieircular curves 9are formed at the outer ends of the arms d, and at right angles to thehorizontal plane of the said arms, and the remaining portions of theends of the wires are bent substantiallyin the form of the arms (Z, toform the lower spring-arms, h. At

cheap and simple, and is a great convenience by keeping the oil-canwhere it can always be found when wanted, and from which it cannotaccidentally work loose and become lost.

It will be readily understood that the base may be entirely dispensedwith, if preferred, 6;

and the holder attached directly to the machine or vehicle. The upperarms, (1, are adapted to embrace an oil-can having parallel sides, anddiffering from the usual form.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim- 1. An oil-can holder formed from a single piece of wire, andhaving the standard and the spring-arms, the wire being bent atthecenter and doubled to form the standard, and the ends 7 of the wirebeing bent to form the arms, substantially as described.

2. An oil-can holder formed from a single piece of wire, bent at thecenter to form the eye a, and twisted to form the standard I), the 8;)

ends of the wires being bent to form the upper arms, (I, and the lowerarms, h, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described.

o. The wire bent at the center to form the eye (It, and twisted orcoiled to form the standard I), the ends of the wire being curved, as at0. e, and f, to form the upper springarms, (I, and then curved at g andbent to form the lower spring-arms, h, having the eyes or seen ringdevices z, for fastening the outer ends of the arms h to a suitablesupport, whereby the oil-can holder is formed, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID E. OHLWINE. JAMES H. ALEXANDER.

\Vitnesses:

THOMAS L. GRAVES, CHARLES D. PIERoE.

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